Exam question 2 · Igneous rocks and the rock cycle

Identify the principal factor determining the dimensions of the crystals within an igneous rock.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal factor · What happens: identify, determine · To what, where: principal factor, dimensions

This is exam question 2 of lesson 48 «Igneous rocks and the rock cycle» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 factor	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 factor	amod
4	factor	factor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	determining	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 factor	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dimensions	det
7	dimensions	dimension	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 determining	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 crystals	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 crystals	det
10	crystals	crystal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dimensions	nmod
11	within	within	ADP	_	14 rock	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 rock	det
13	igneous	igneous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 rock	amod
14	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 determining	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal factor					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent factor=Theme
2	determine	gerund	the principal factor not said here	the dimensions of the crystals				within a igneous rock	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dimension=Topic

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The colour of the molten rock prior to cooling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 colour	det
2	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 rock	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rock	det
5	molten	molten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rock	amod
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 colour	nmod
7	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	9 cooling	case
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 prior	fixed
9	cooling	cooling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 colour	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The age of the surrounding sedimentary strata

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 age	det
2	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 strata	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 strata	det
5	surrounding	surround	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 strata	amod
6	sedimentary	sedimentary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 strata	amod
7	strata	strata	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 age	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surround	gerund							vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The quantity of sunlight received by the rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 quantity	det
2	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 sunlight	case
4	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quantity	nmod
5	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 quantity	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 rock	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rock	det
8	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 received	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	participle		the quantity of sunlight not said here				by the rock	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by rock=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The rate at which the molten rock cooled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rate	det
2	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	7 rock	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 rock	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rock	det
6	molten	molten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rock	amod
7	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rate	nmod
8	cooled	cool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 rock	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cool	participle		the molten rock not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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